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The most popular military games

The navy, the army, the air force, were all an inspiration for a number of games belonging to many different genres, from run and gun action games to flight simulations. Whether or not you like military themes, the top quality of these games was often enough to attract lots of players.
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Chuck Yeager's Air Combat

DOS1991 Electronic Arts
Chuck Yeager's Air Combat is a combat flight simulation video game released in 1991 by Electronic Arts. The game is named after and endorsed by the real-life aviation legend, Chuck Yeager, who was the first pilot to break the soun...
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Dogs of War

Windows XP/98/951996demo Software Engineering
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MacArthur's War

DOS1990 SSG Strategic Studies Group
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Fields of Glory

DOS1993protected MicroProse Software
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A-10 Tank Killer

DOS1989 Dynamix
Explosions? Check. Missiles? Check. Graphics that look like someone spilled gray soup on your monitor? Double check. A-10 Tank Killer lets you pilot a flying war machine and rain chaos upon tiny pixel tanks that may or may not be ...
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Battle Bugs

DOS1994 Epyx
What if ants could use bazookas and beetles had battle plans? Battle Bugs answers this crucial question by turning your screen into a war zone where tiny insects wage strategic warfare over leftovers. The stakes are high and the t...
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Clash of Steel

DOS1993protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Paratrooper

DOS1982 Orion Software
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Platoon

DOS1987 Ocean Software
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Gary Grigsby's War in Russia

DOS1993protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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V for Victory: D-day Utah Beach

DOS1991protected Atomic Games
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Aces of the deep

DOS1994 Dynamix
Ever wanted to experience the grim, claustrophobic life of a WWII submarine captain without leaving your desk? Aces of the Deep (1994, DOS) delivers that dream in spades — torpedoes, sonar, periscopes, and lots of tense wait...
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Evasive Action

DOS1993 Particle Systems
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Conflict in Vietnam

DOS1986 MicroProse Software
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688 Attack Sub

DOS1989 Electronic Arts
Dive, dive! This 1989 DOS simulator puts you in control of a nuclear submarine, though most of the action involves pushing buttons and waiting very patiently. Think of it as the “Microsoft Excel of naval warfare,” only...
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Gunship

DOS1986demo MicroProse Software
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Annals of Rome

DOS1988 Personal Software Services
In Annals of Rome, you don’t just play history — you command it, badly. This 1988 strategy title lets you take control of the Roman Empire and try to keep it from falling apart, which it will, probably because you let ...
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Patton vs. Rommel

DOS1987 Electronic Arts
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Night Hawk: F-117A Stealth Fighter

DOS1991protected MicroProse Software
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Pacific Islands

DOS1992 Oxford Digital Enterprises
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Rambo 3

DOS1988 Ocean Software
Rambo III is an action video game based on the 1988 action film of the same name, featuring the iconic character John Rambo, portrayed by Sylvester Stallone. The game was developed and published by various companies for different ...
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Team Yankee

DOS1990 Oxford Digital Enterprises
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F-14 Tomcat

DOS1990 Dynamix
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The Dam busters

DOS1985 Sydney Development
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Powermonger

DOS1992 Bullfrog
Powermonger is a real-time strategy game where the player must defeat opponents by conquering towns and tipping the balance of power in their favor. Success requires giving orders to soldiers and captains, as well as accumulating ...
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Apache strike

DOS1989 Activision
Ah, Apache Strike (1989), the game where you're the lone helicopter pilot flying through blocky cities that look like they were made of leftover Lego bricks. Your mission? Blow up bad guys in a first-person view that resembles a s...
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B-1 Nuclear Bomber

DOS1981 Avalon Hill
Ever wanted to be responsible for ending the world in fewer than ten keypresses? B-1 Nuclear Bomber (1981) gives you that chance, wrapping global annihilation in glorious monochrome and a user interface that feels like it was desi...
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Conflict

DOS1990 Mastertronic
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Conqueror

DOS1990 Rainbow Arts
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Space Crusade

DOS1992 Gremlin Graphics / Gremlin Interactive